olmsted



(No Model.)

L. H. OLMSTED.

MOLE TRAP.

N0. 346 218; ratemed Jul 27, 1886.

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LEVERETT H. OLMSTED, OF CORONA, NEV JERSEY.

MOLE-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,218, dated July 27,1886.

Application filed August 18, 188-2.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, LEYERE'IT H. OLMSTED,

. a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Corona, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mole-Traps, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Thisinvention has relation to in'iprovements in mole-traps; and itconsists in the construc tion and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of my invention,and Fig. 2 is a side or edge view of the same.

The letters A A represent the legs of my improved mole-trap, connectedtogether by braces B 13, formed integral therewith, at the top and aboutmidway of said legs, as shown in the drawings.

The letter D represents rods connected at their upper ends by aplatform, G, and at their lower ends by a spider, H, to which the upperends of the prongs E are attached.

The extreme lower ends of the legs A are tapering or wedge-shaped, toenable them to be readily inserted in the ground, and at a suitabledistance above these ends the legs are provided with integral plates J,serving to gage the depth to which said legs shall enter the ground. Ata point just above the level of these plates a trigger, K, is pivoted toone of the legs A, the long arm K of which extends Serial No. (29,671.(No model.)

beyond the center of the opening between the legs, while its short arm Kextends outward beyond the leg to which it is pivoted, and is providednear its end with a notch or shoulder,

Z, which engageswith the lower end of the I am aware ofPatents No.263,109,0f August 22, 1882; No. 242,912, of June 1.4, 1881, and No.238,583, of March 8, 1881, and I do not seek to claim such construction;but

\Vhat I do claim is' In a mole-trap, the combination, with the legs A,having braces B B formed integral therewith, of the rodsD,sliding insaid braces, and having the platform G, spider H, and prongs E, thetripping mechanism K K M t, pivoted to one of said legs, and the legsalso having the integral plates J, serving to gage the depth to whichsaid legs shall enter the ground, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVER-EDT II. OLMSTED.

Vitnesses:

FRANCIS O. BOWEN, F. U. llIOFFAT.

